I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength.
Weitere Zitate von Kahlil Gibran
Zum Autor"He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked.The wind and the sun will tear no holes in his skin."
"Life without liberty is like a body without spirit."
"I too am my own forerunner, though I sit in the shadows of my trees and seem motionless."
"You pray in your distress and in your need would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance."
"You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge."
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered."